Tye River Fire
The Tye River Fire was reported on May 3, 2018 in Rockbridge County, Virginia and burned 2,057 acres. It was declared out on May 25, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,057 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 3, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.892, -79.182.
The incident
- Size
- 2,057 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 3, 2018 at 6:16 PM EDT
- Contained
- May 23, 2018 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Controlled
- May 25, 2018 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Declared out
- May 25, 2018 at 5:05 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 1/2 mile SE of Vesuvius, VA
- County
- Rockbridge County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Vesuvius, VA
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $350,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-VAVAF-180142
- IRWIN identifier
- DBE04B59-8333-427C-B8F2-14B7550862F5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Greenville, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Greenville, VA8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Stuarts Draft, VA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Buena Vista, VA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- East Lexington, VA15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lyndhurst, VA16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lexington, VA16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated June 4, 2018 at 12:06 PM EDT. Identifier 2018-VAVAF-180142.